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THE 


READER'S  GUDE  TO  ENGLISH  HISTORY. 


BY 


WILLIAM    FEAE'OIS    ALLE^,    A.M., 

PEOFESSOK   IN   THE   UNIVERSITY   OF   WISCONSIN. 


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BOSTON: 

PUBLISHED  BY  GINN,  HEATH,  &  CO., 
1882. 


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Entered,  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  in  the  year  1882,  by 

WILLIAM   FRANCIS   ALLEN, 
in  the  office  of  the  Librarian  of  Congress,  at  Washington. 


J.  S.   CUSHINQ  &  Co.,  PbIXTERS,  101  PEABIi  STREET,  BOSTOK. 


PREFACE. 


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The  idea  of  this  little  book  was  suggested  to  me  by  the  request  made  by  a  friend  two  or  three  years 
ago,  that  I  should  make  out  for  her  a  list  of  historical  novels  illustrating  different  periods  of  English  history. 
After  a  few  titles  were  arranged  chronologically  by  reigns,  it  was  natural  to  arrange  by  the  side  the  names 
of  the  sovereigns  themselves  in  the  form  of  genealogical  tables ;  and  the  addition  of  a  few  of  the  best  histories, 
biographies,  and  historical  essays  completed  the  plan.  I  intended  at  first  to  give  novels  and  poems  only  in  the 
field  of  English  history;  but  it  seemed  that  a  parallel  column,  illustrating  contemporary  history,  might  be 
acceptable  to  many. 

The  arrangement  is  that  of  four  parallel  columns  upon  two  opposite  pages :  the  first  column  containing 
the  English  sovereigns,  in  the  several  houses,  in  the  form  of  genealogical  tables;  the  second,  good  historical 
reading,  whether  histories,  biographies,  or  essays ;  the  third,  novels,  poems,  and  dramas  illustrating  that  period 
of  English  history,  —  also,  so  far  as  possible,  arranged  chronologically ;  the  fourth,  the  same  class  of  works 
illustrating  contemporary  history.  In  some  cases,  where  one  column  was  exceptionally  full  or  meagre,  I  have 
varied  from  this   arrangement,   and   have  been  enabled  to  fill  space  which  would  otherwise  have  been  left 


4  PREFACE. 

empty,  with  tables,  e.g.,  of  French  and  Scottish  sovereigns,  which  it  was  thought  would  be  found  service- 
able. Pages  20  and  21  are  occupied  with  a  special  table  of  the  descendants  of  Edward  III.,  to  illustrate 
Shakespeare's  historical  plays.  An  introduction  contains  a  list  of  works  of  a  more  general  character  in 
English  history. 

My  object  has  been,  not  an  exhaustive  list,  but  a  list  of  really  good  books ;  and  I  have  gone  upon  the  plan 
of  excluding  books  of  doubtful  merit,  preferring  to  run  the  risk  of  omitting  desirable  works  rather  than  of 
including  undesirable  ones.  No  doubt  there  are  mistakes  and  omissions,  and  I  shall  be  grateful  to  any  person 
who  will  call  my  attention  to  defects  of  either  kind.  I  have  confined  myself  for  the  most  part  to  English 
and  American  authors,  adding,  however,  a  few  of  the  most  important  and  familiar  works  in  other  languages. 
Works  of  eminent  authors  are  given  as  a  matter  of  course,  without  regard  to  their  merit.  Further,  in  the 
case  of  writers  like  James,  Ainsworth,  and  Miss  Miihlbach,  who  have  produced  a  large  number  of  historical 
novels,  many  of  which  are  of  doubtful  merit,  it  was  impracticable  for  me  to  find  out  with  certainty  which  were 
good  and  which  were  not ;  they  cover,  moreover,  so  large  a  field  of  history,  that  it  seemed  best  to  give  the 
lists  complete.  Novels  upon  American  history  I  have  not  thought  it  worth  while  to  include,  partly  because 
they  lie  outside  of  association  with  English  history,  which  I  wished  to  illustrate,  partly  because  it  would 
amount  to  hardly  more  than  copying  a  list  of  Cooper's  and  Simms'  novels,  crowded  for  the  most  part  into  the 
seven  years  of  the  Eevolutionary  war. 


PREFACE.  6 

The  work  ends  with  the  " Kevolutionary  Epoch"  and  the  fall  of  Napoleon.  Novels  referring  to  the 
period  since  this  time  are  for  the  most  part  contemporary  novels,  rather  than  distinctively  historical.  And, 
although  novels  of  contemporary  life,  like  Pelham,  Pendennis,  and  Middlemareh,  present  the  most  genuine 
historical  picture,  and  will  be  consulted  above  everything  else  by  future  readers  for  a  living  portraiture  of 
the  times,  yet  they  do  not  belong  properly  in  a  list  like  this.  If  I  once  began  upon  them,  I  must  end  by 
naming  all  the  good  novels  of  the  day.  For  this  reason  I  omit  the  novels  of  De  Foe,  Smollett,  Fielding,  and 
Richardson ;  they  belong  to  contemporary  rather  than  historical  literature.  I  intended  at  first  to  distinguish 
certain  books  as  juveniles,  but  found  it  impracticable.  For  the  matter  of  that,  I  would  rather  recommend 
Scott,  Kingsley,  and  Erckmann-Chatrian  to  young  people  than  most  of  the  books  that  are  written  expressly 
for  them.  It  may  only  be  noticed  that  all  the  works  of  Miss  Yonge,  Miss  Aguilar,  Mrs.  Charles,  and 
especially  Mrs.  Manning,  may  be  unhesitatingly  recommended  to  the  young. 

In  preparing  these  lists  I  have  found  the  "  Class  List  for  English  Prose  Fiction,"  issued  by  the  Boston 
Public  Library,  of  the  greatest  assistance.  Several  friends  have  kindly  given  me  titles,  and  I  desire  to  acknowl- 
edge special  indebtedness  to  Miss  Emma  F.  Ware,  of  Milton,  Mass.,  who  went  over  the  whole  ground  with  me, 
and  whose  extensive  and  accurate  knowledge  of  English  history  and  literature  enabled  her  to  give  me  valu- 
able assistance. 


6  PREFACE. 

In  the  genealogical  tables,  with  their  dates,  I  have  followed  Grote,  Stammtafeln  (Leipzig,  1877),  except 
in  the  table  upon  pages  20  and  21,  which  has  been  compiled  from  various  sources :  in  cases  of  doubt  Gairdner 
being  regarded  as  of  highest  authority.  In  spelling,  the  fdrms  familiar  in  literature  have  been  used.  The 
sign  t  indicates  date  of  death ;  other  abbreviations  used  are :  m.  for  married,  d.  for  daughter,  E.  for  Earl, 
D.  for  Duke. 


INTRODUCTIOK 


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Altogether  the  best  general  history  of  England  is  Green's  History  of  the  English  People  (4  vols.).  The 
Short  History  of  the  English  People,  by  the  same  author,  is  an  earlier  and  less  complete  work,  but  of  the 
same  high  merit.  Both  have  the  defect  that,  while  aiming  to  present  leading  topics  and  movements,  they  often 
neglect  chronological  sequence.  Bright's  English  History  for  Public  Schools  (3  vols.)  is  an  excellent  com- 
pendium, arranged  by  reigns ;  so  also  is  Brewer's  Student's  Hume.  A  very  good  companion  volume  is  Burt's 
Synoptical  History  of  England,  giving  a  brief  chronology  of  each  reign,  with  the  synchronisms  of  European 
history.  Both  Green  and  Bright  give  abundant  chronological  and  genealogical  tables  and  maps,  which  will 
answer  every  purpose  for  the  general  reader.  The  best  history  of  Scotland  is  Burton's  (8  vols.).  .  Miss  Thomp^ 
son's  England  and  Miss  M'Arthur's  Scotland,  belonging  to  Freeman's  Historical  Series,  are  the  best  brief 
histories  of  these  countries.  Dickens'  Child's  History  of  England  is  written  in  his  entertaining  style,  Gardiner's 
Young  Folks  History  of  England  is  of  the  highest  authority  and  value. 

The  great  histories  of  England  by  Hiime  (Tory),  Lingard  (Catholic),  and  Knight  (Liberal)  may  be  read  in 
"whole  or  in  part.     For  one  who  desires  a  series  of  short  works  by  different  authors,  the  following  list  may  be 


INTRODUCTION. 


recommended.  Every  book  is  by  a  person  who  has  made  a  special  study  of  this  particular  period.  The  letters 
(E. S.) — also  in  the  body  of  the  work  —  indicate  that  the  book  belongs  to  the  so-called  "Epochs  Series." 
In  some  cases  other  small  books,  belonging  to  contemporary  history,  are  placed  in  a  parallel  column :  — 


Church :    The  Beginning  of  the  Middle  Ages,  E.  S.    (or 

Cartels :   The  Moman  Empire),  will  form  a  good  general 

introduction. 
Mrs.  Armitage :   The  Childhood  of  the  English  Nation  (or 

Freeman :  Early  English  History  and  Short  History  of 

the  Norman  Conquest). 
Stubbs  :   The  Early  Plantagenets,  E.  S. 
Pearson  :  English  History  in  the  Fourteenth  Century. 
Gairdner  :   The  Houses  of  Lancaster  and  Yorlc,  E.  S. 
Seebohm :    The  Protestant  Revolution,  E.  S. 
Creighton :   The  Age  of  Elizabeth,  E.  S. 
Cordery   and   Phillpotts:    King   and   Commonwealth  (or 

Gardiner :    The  Puritan  Revolution,  E.  S.). 
Hale :   TJie  Fall  of  the  /Stuarts,  E.  S. 
Morris  :    The  Age  of  Anne,  E.  S. 
Cory  :   Guide  to  Ilodcrn  English  History. 


Lacombe :  Short  History  of  the  French  People. 

Johnson  :   The  Normans  in  Europe,  E.  S. 
Cox :    The  Crusades,  E.  S. 

Willert :    The  Rdgn  of  Louis  XT.  { 

Gardiner :   The  Thirty  Years  War,  E.  S. 


Longman  :  Fredei'ich  the  Great,  E.  S. 
Morris :   The  French  Revolution,  E.  S. 


INTRODUCTION.  9 

Brief  characteristics  of  the  principal  histories  will  be  found  in  Adams'  Manual  of  Historical  Literature, 
Mullinger's  Authorities  (Part  II.  of  English  History  for  Students)  is  designed  rather  for  students  than  for 
general  readers.  Gardiner's  Introduction  to  the  Study  of  English  History  (Part  I,  of  the  same  work)  is  an 
admirable  sketch,  designed  for  those  who  are  already  familiar  with  the  subject.  See  also  his  article,  in  the 
EneyclopcBdia  Britannica,  upon  the  modern  history  of  England,  and  Freeman's  upon  its  mediaeval  history. 
Baily's  Succession  to  the  English  Crown  will  be  found  of  great  service ;  for  example,  in  connection  with  Shake- 
speare's historical  plays.  For  those  who  desire  greater  minuteness  than  is  afforded  by  the  works  cited, 
George's  Genealogical  Tables  are  the  best  in  English,  and  the  Spruner-Menke  historical  atlas  the  best 
that  exists.  Prof.  Eeed's  Lectures  on  English  History  and  Tragic  Poetry  as  Illustrated  by  Shakspeares 
Historical  Plays  may  be  highly  recommended. 

Good  series  of  biographies  are  Hook's  Lives  of  the  Archbishops  of  Canterbury,  Campbell's  Lives  of  the 
Chief-Justices  and  Lives  of  the  Chancellors.  Miss  Strickland's  Lives  of  the  Queens  of  England  and  of  Scotland 
are  very  interesting,  but  do  not  rank  high  in  historical  value. 


THE    READEE'S    GUIDE    TO    ENGLISH    HISTORY. 


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ANGLO-SAXON  PERIOD.     449-1066. 


800.  Egbert 

I 
836.  Ethelwolf 


857. 
Ethelbald. 


860. 

Ethelbert. 


866. 

Ethelred  I. 


871. 
Alfred 


901.  Edward  I. 
{the  Elder) 


924.  Athelstan. 


940.  Edmund  I. 


916.    EdrED. 


955.   EdwY. 


959.  Edgar 


975.  Edward  II. 
{the  Martyr). 


978.  Ethelred  II. 
{the  Unready) 


1016.  Canute 


1016. 
Edmund  II. 

{Ironside) 


I 
1042. 

Edward  III. 

{the  Confessor). 


1039.  Hardicanute. 


1066.  Harold  II. 


1035.  Harold  I. 

{Harejool). 


Edward 

{the  Outlaw) 


Edgar  Atlieling.         Margaret 

m.  Malcolm  Canmore 

Matilda 
m.  Henry  I. 


The  best  short  history  is  Freeman's  Early  English 
Hiskiry ;  the  first  volume  of  Freeman's  Norman  Conquest 
is  devoted  to  the  Anglo-Saxon  period,  the  second  to  the 
reign  of  Edward  the  Confessor.  Palgrave's  History  of  the 
Anglo-Saxons  sympathizes  with  the  Normans,  while  Free- 
man is  the  champion  of  the  English.  Lappenberg's  History 
of  England  under  the  Anglo-Saxon  Kings,  translated  from 
the  German,  is  a  work  of  the  highest  merit.  Turner's 
History  of  the  Anglo-Saxons  has  been  the  standard  work, 
but  is  antiquated  in  many  respects  ;  it  contains,  however,  a 
valuable  collection  of  facts.  The  most  recent  work  upon 
this  period  is  Grant  Allen's  Anglo-Saxon  Britain. 


Elton's  Origins  of  English  Hstory  treats  of  the  history 
of  the  island  down  to  the  Anglo-Saxon  conquest ;  Green's 
Jfaking  of  the  English  People  is  devoted  to  the  period  of 
the  Heptarchy  (449-828). 


The  best  life  of  Alfred  is  Pauli's,  translated  from  the 
German.  There  is  a  good  popular  one  by  Thomas 
Hughes. 


ANGLO-SAXON  PERIOD.     449-1066. 


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Works  covering  the  Anglo-Saxon  period,  and  continuing 
through  the  middle  ages  or  nearly  so,  are  Pearson's  History 
of  England  during  the  Early  and  Middle  Ages  (2  vols.), 
and  Freeman's  History  of  the  Norman  Conqxtest  (5  vols.). 
Creasy's  History  of  England  reached  only  two  volumes, 
completing  the  middle  ages ;  it  is  very  good  in  constitu- 
tional history.  Mrs.  Armitage's  Childhood  of  the  English 
Nation  is  an  admirable  sketch,  coming  down  to  the  twelfth 
century.  Miss  Yonge's  Cameos  of  English  History  (4  series) 
contains  agreeable  narrations,  covering  the  whole  period  of 
the  middle  ages.  Pearson's  Historical  Atlas  of  England 
contains  valuable  matter  not  to  be  found  in  any  other  maps. 
The  first  series  of  Freeman's  Historical  Essays  contains 
several  essays  upon  this  period. 


Pauli's  Pictures  of  Old  England  contains  interesting 
sketches  of  English  life  and  foreign  relations  in  the  middle 
ages. 


Miss  Baillie  :  Ethwald  (time  of  the  Heptarchy,  Drama). 
Alex.  Smith :  Edwin  of  Deira  (Poem). 


Scott :  Harold  the  Dauntless  (Poem). 
Miss  Yonge  :    The  Little  Duke,  Richard  the  Fearless. 
SchefFel :  Ekkehart  (The  monks  of  St.  Gallen). 
Taylor :  Edwin  the  Fair  (Drama). 


Shakespeare :   Macbeth  (Drama). 

Lockhart :  Spanish  Ballads. 

Leighton  :   The  Sons  of  Godwin  (Drama). 

Bulwer  :  Harold,  the  Last  of  the  Saxon  Kings. 

Tennyson :  Harold  (Drama). 


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NORMAN   PERIOD   (INCLUDING  HENRY   II.).      1066-1189. 


1066.  William  I. 

{the  Conqueror) 


Robert     1087.  William  II.     1100.  Henby  I.       Adela 
I  {Rufus).  (Beauclerc)  I 


William 
{Clito). 


Matilda      1135.  Stephen. 

I 
1154.  Henry  II. 


KINGS   OF   SCOTLAND. 

1124.  David  I. 

Henry 


1153.  Malcolm  IV.     1165.  William 
the  Lion 


David 
Earl  of  Huntingdon 


1214.  Alexander  II. 


Margaret 


Isabella 


1249.  Alexander  III.,  11286    Devorgild  Marjory    Robert  Bruce 


1292 


rr-    r^T  =  Margaret       JohnBaliol    Black  Comyn.     Robert 

Kof  Norway  ,         &_  ,  E.  of  Carrie 


Margaret  Edward  Baliol. 

■  The  Maid  of  Norwav." 


of  Carrick 

1306.  Robert!., 
tl329. 


The  most  complete  history  of  the  conquest  is  contained 
in  the  third  volume  of  Freeman's  Norman  Conquest;  the 
fourth  volume  contains  the  reign  of  William  the  Conqueror. 
He  has  just  published  a  separate  History  of  Williavi  Rufus. 
His  Short  History  of  the  Norman  Conquest  is  an  excellent 
sketch.  Thierry's  Conquest  of  England  is  a  graphic  and 
interesting  Avork,  but  rests  upon  theories  which  are  not 
now  accepted.  Lappenberg's  England  Undei'  the  Norman 
Kings  is  the  best  special  history  of  the  period.  Cobbe's 
History  of  the  Norman  Kings  has  merit,  but  is  written  in 
an  inelegant  style. 


Palgrave's  History  of  Normandy  and  England  covers 
the  whole  earlier  history  of  these  countries.  Johnson's 
Normans  in  Europe  (E.  S.)  is  one  of  the  best  of  the  series. 


Church's  Life  of  St.  Anselm  belongs  to  the  period  of 
William  I.  and  II.  Froude's  articles  on  Thomas  Bcchet 
and  his  Times  in  the  Nineteenth  Century  (1877)  have 
been  answered  by  Mr.  Freeman  in  the  Contemporary 
Review  (1878). 


NORMAN  PERIOD  (INCLUDING  HENRY  II.).     1066-1189. 


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For  the  original  authorities  for  the  middle  ages  consult 
Mr.  Gairdner's  Early  Chronicles  of  Europe  {England). 
For  the  earliest  times  the  Venerable  Bede's  Ecclesiastical 
History  of  the  English  Nation  is  the  most  valuable ;  see 
also  Gildas  for  the  story  of  the  conquest.  The  Saxon 
Chronicle  comes  down  to  the  twelfth  century.  The  most 
important  chronicles  besides  these  are  Florence  of  Worcester, 
William  of  Malmeshury,  and  Henry  of  Huntingdon ;  of  all 
these,  translations  can  be  easily  found.  For  the  later  period 
Matthew  Eans ,  (the  continuation  of  Roger  of  Wendover) 
and  the  series  of  St.  Alban's  chroniclers  are  the  most 
important.  "Welsh  chroniclers  are  Geoffrey  of  Monmouth 
(almost  wholly  a  fabrication)  and  Giraldus  Cambrensis. 


The  Society  for  the  Promotion  of  Chiistian  Knowledge 
is  publishing  a  series  of  Diocesan  Histories :  Chichester, 
Durham,  Peterborough,  Cconierbury,  Salisbury,  etc. 


Kingsley  :  Hereward,  the  Last  of  the  Saxons 
Scott :   Count  Robert  of  Paris. 


Aubrey  de  Vere :  St.  Thomas  of  Canterbury  (Drama). 

Scott :    The  Betrothed. 

Luch  of  Ladysmede. 

James :  Philip  Augustus. 

E.  E.  Hale :  In  his  Name  (Waldenses). 


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ANGEVIN  PERIOD.     1189-1399. 


1154.  Henry  II. 


Henry. 


Geoffrey 
Arthur. 


1189.  Richard  I. 

(  C(Kur-dc-Lion) . 


1199.  John 

(Lackland) 


1216.  Henry  III. 
{of  Winchester) 


1272.  Edward  I. 
(Longshanks) 


1307.  Edward  II. 

(of  Caernarvon) 

■  I 

1327.  Edward  III. 

{of  Windsor) 


Edmund 

{Crouchhack)  Earl  of  Lancaster 


Thomas. 


Henry 


Henry 


Edward 
{Black  Prince) 

1377.  Richard  II. 
{of  Bordeaux). 


John  —  Blanche 


1399.  Henry  IV. 
{Bolingbroke). 


Stubbs:    The  Early  Plantagenets  (E.S.)  is  the  best  short 

history  of  the  thirteenth  century. 
Gr.  P.  R.  James :   Life  of  Richard  Coeur-de-Lion. 
Maurice:   Lives  of  English  Popular  Leaders ;   1.  Stephen 

Langton. 
Lives  of  Sivion  de  Montfort,  by  Pauli,  Prothero  (especially 

full  on  constitutional  history),  and  Creighton  (short). 
Pearson :    English  History  in  the  \^th   Century  is  one  of 

the  best  of  the  short  histories. 
Longman :  Life  and  Times  of  Edward  ILL  is  the  standard 

history  of  this  reign. 
Warburton  :  Edward  LLI.  (E.S.). 
Creighton  :    The  Black  Prince. 
Lechler  :   Life  of  Wiclif     Articles  upon  Wyclif,  by  Rogers 

{Historical  Gleanings,  2.)  and   Pauli  {Pictures  of  Old 

England). 
Maurice :    Lives  of  English  Popular  Leader's ;   2.   Tyler, 

Ball,  and  Oldcastle. 
Besant  and  Rice :   Life  of  Whittington. 


Froissart's  Chronicles  is  a  graphic  and  fascinating  contem- 
porary history ;  Lanier's  Boys  Eroissart  is  an  admirable 
selection  from  this  large  work.. 


ANGEVIN   PERIOD.     1189-1399. 


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Scott:    The  Talisman  {119B) ;  Ivanhoe  (IIM). 
Shakespeare  :    Xing  John  (Drama). 

Drayton  :    The  Barons   Wars  (Poem). 

Wordsworth  :    The  Borderers  (Drama). 

James  :  Forest  Bays  (Simon  de  Montfort). 

Miss  Yonge  :    The  Prince  and  the  Page  (Edward  I.). 

Gray :    The  Bard  (Poem,  1282). 

Allan  Cunningham  :    /S'iV  Michael  Scott. 

Miss  Porter  :    Scottish  Chiefs. 

Scott :    Castle  Bangerous  (1306)  ;   Bord  of  the  Isles  (Poem, 

1307). 
Miss  Aguilar  :    Bays  of  Bruce. 
Marlowe  :    Edward  II.  (Drama). 

Scott :    Halidon  Hill  (Drama,  1333). 

Shakespeare  (?)  :  King  Edward  III.  (Drama). 

Miss  Yonge  :    The  Ilice  at  Play ;    The  Bances  of  Bynwood. 

Ainsworth  :  Merrie  England  (1381). 
Southey :   Wat  Tyler  (Drama). 
Chevy  Chase,  etc.  (Ballads). 
Shakespeare  :   King  Pichard  II.  (Drama). 


Kingsley :   TJie  Saints'  Tragedy  (Drama,  1220). 
Browning :  Sordello  (Poem,  Italy). 


Miss  Bailee  :  Henriquez  (Spain). 

Mrs.  Hemans :   The  Vespers  of  Palermo  (Drama,  1282). 

Knowles  :  John  of  Procida  (Drama,  id.). 

Boker  :  Francesca  da  Rimini  (Drama). 

James  :    The  Cattle  of  Ehrenstein. 

Schiller :  Wilhelm  Tell  (Drama). 

Knowles :  William  Tell  (Drama). 

Bulwer  :   Pienzi,  the  Bast  of  the  Tribunes  (1347). 

Mrs.  L.  J.  Hall :   Joanna  of  Naples. 

Byron  :  Marino  Faliero  (Drama,  Venice,  1355). 

James  :    The  Jacquerie  (1358). 

Lord   Houghton  (R.  M.  Milnes) :    Bertrand  du  Guesclin 

(Poem). 
Miss  Baillie  :  Pomiero  (Spain)  ;   The  Bream  (Switzerland). 
Taylor :    Philip  van  Artevelde  (Drama,  two  parts). 
Miss  Baillie :  Orra  (Drama,  Switzerland). 


18 


LATER  PLANTAGENETS  (LANCASTER  AND  YORK).      1399-1485. 


Edward  III. 


Edward.       Lionel  John 

{Clarence)        (Lancaster) 


Edmund 

( York) 
I 


Thomas 
(Gloucester). 


Philippa  1399.  Henry  IV.  John  Beaufort 

m.  Edm.  Mortimer                     I  Earl  of  Somerset 

I                                     I  I 

Eoger  Mortimer  1412.  Henry  V.  John 

Earl  of  March                        I  Duke  of  Somerset 


Anne 

m.  Richard 

Earl  of  Camhndge 

Richard 
Duke  of  York 


1422.  Henry  VI.         Margaret 

m.  Edmund  Tudor 


1461.  Edward  IV.    1483.  Richard  III. 
1483.  Edward  V. 


Richard 
E.  of  Cambridge 
m.  Anne  Mor- 
timer. 


1485.  Henry  VII. 


Gairdner :  The  Houses  of  Lancastc)-  and  York  (E.  S.) 
is  the  best  history  of  this  period.  For  special  reigns  we 
have  Towle's  History  of  Henry  V.  and  Gairdner's  History 
of  Richard  III.  (supporting  in  the  main  Shakespeare's 
view.     Miss  Halsted's  Life  takes  the  opposite  view). 


li^\vk\&  HisfSfy  of  Charles  the  Bold  belongs  to  this  period, 
and  describes  events  which  stood  in  close  relation  to  Eng- 
lish  history. 


The  Paston  Letters,  edited  by  Mr.  Gairdner,  are  a  collec- 
tion of  private  letters  giving  a  graphic  view  of  the  manners 
and  customs  of  the  period. 


Mr.  Gairdner's  essays  on  The  Lollards  and  The  His- 
torical Element  in  Shahespeare  s  Falstaff  (in  his  Studies  in 
English  History),  illustrate  this  period ;  also,  The  Youth  of 
Henry  V.  in  Mr.  Ewald's  Stones  froin  the  State  Papers. 


LATER   PLANTAGENETS   (LANCASTER  AND   YORK).      1399-1485. 


19 


Scott :   The  Fair  Maid  of  Perth. 

Shakespeare  :  King  Henry  IV.  (Drama,  two  parts). 

Miss  Yonge  :    The  Caged  Lion  (James  I.  of  Scotland). 

Hillhouse  :  Percy  s  Masque  (Drama). 

Shakespeare  :  King  Henry  V.  (Drama). 

James :  Agincourt  (1415). 


Shakespeare :  King  Henry  YI.  (Drama,  three  parts). 

Bulwer :  The  Last  of  the  Barons  (Warwick  the  Kingmaker). 

Lady  Gr.  Fullerton  :  A  Stormy  Life  (id.). 

Miss  Baillie  :    The  Family  Legend  (Argyll,  Drama). 

Hey  wood  :  King  Edward  IV.  (Drama). 

Rowe :  larie  Shore  (Drama). 


Shakespeare  :  King  Richard  III.  (Drama). , 
James :   The  Woodman. 


H.  Kingsley  :   Old  Margaret  (Ghent). 
Browning :  Luria  (Drama,  Florence,  1405). 


James :  Agnes  Sorel. 

Southey  :  Joan  of  Arc  (Poem). 

Schiller :  Die  Jungfrau  von  Orleans  (Di'ama). 


Herz  :  King  Phies  Daughter. 
Miss  Baillie  :   Constantine  Paleologus  (Drama). 
Miss  Mitford :  Foscari  (Drama,  1457). 
Byron  :    The  Ttoo  Foscari  (Drama). 


Scott:  Quentin  Duriuard ;  Anne  of  Geierstein. 

V.  Hugo :    The  Hunchback  of  Notre-Dame  {Notre-Dame 

de  Paris). 
Browning  :    The  Return  of  the  Druses  (Drama). 
James  :  Mary  of  Burgundy. 
Reade  :    The  Cloister  and  the  Hearth. 


20 


DESCENDANTS  OF  EDWARD   III, 


1327.    Edward  III. 


Edward  William 

Black  Prince,  f  1376  of  Hatfield,  f  1335. 

Half-brothers.  —  Holland. 


Lionel 
DuTce  of  Clarence,  f  1368 


John  of  Gaunt, 


1377.  EicHARD  II.      Thomas  John  Philippa 

of  Bordeaux.  E.  of  Kent    D.  of  Exeter,  m.  Eliza-     m.  Edm.  Mortimer 

beth,  d.  of  Henry  IV.         Earl  of  March. 


by  Blanche  of  Lancaster 

1399.  Henry  IV. 


Thomas  Edmund  John        Eoger    Edmund.^ 

Earl  of  Kent,  E.  of  Kent,  f  1407.     D.  of  Exeter  E.  of  March, 

Duke  of  Surrey,  |  fl399  ELIZABETH 

1 1400  (k.  II.).  I  I 


1412.  Henry  V.     Thomas  John  Humphrey 

Duke  of  Duke  of  Duke  of 

Clarence,  Bedford,  Gloucester, 

tl421.  tl435.  tl447. 


Henry         Edmund  Anne 

D.  of  Exeter,     Earl  of  March,  m.  Richard, 

1 1472  (H.  VI.  3).         1 1424.  Earl  of  Cambridge,  f  1415. 


m.  Hotspur  (h.  iv.  1). 

1422.  Henry  VI 


EiCHARD  Edward  William  de  la  Poole 

Duke  of  York,  f  1460  (h.  vi.)  Prince  of  Wales,  f  1471.     Duke  of  Suffolk,  f  1450  (h.  vi.) 


1461.  Edward  IV.   Edmund     George   1483.  Richard  III.  Elizabeth  =  John,  i)uA;e  o/ /S'u/o^^ 

E.  of  Rutland,  D.  of  Clarence, 
tl460.  tl478 


1483.  Edward  V.  Margaret 

Countess  of  Salisbury,  f  1541, 
"  the  last  of  the  Plantagenets,"  m.  Sir  Richard  Pole. 


John 

Earl  of  Lincoln^  fl4:S7. 


This  is  the  one  who  participated  in  Glendower's  Rebellion,  but  he  is  confounded  by  Shakespeare  with  his  nephew. 


BATTLES 

of  the  Wars  of  the  Roses.  1 

1455. 

St.  Albans. 

1460. 

Northampton. 

AVakefield. 

1161. 

St.  Albans. 

Towton. 

1164. 

Hexham. 

IITI. 

Barnet. 

Tewkesbury. 

TO   ILLUSTRATE  SHAKESPEARE'S  HISTORICAL  PLAYS. 
Seven  phials  of  his  sacred  blood."  (r.  ii.) 


Duke  of  Lancaster,  tl399. 


by  Katharine  Swynford 


Edmund  of  Langley 
Duke  of  York,  tl402 


Beaufort. 


21 


William  Thomas 

of  Windsor.      Duke  of  Gloucester, 
tl397 


John  Henry  Thomas  Jane  Edward  Eichard  Anne 

Earl  of  Somerset,     Cardinal,  ■\l'^i1     Duke  of  Exeter,  m.  Ralph  Neville,  j^".  o/TTcsf-  Aumerle{u.ii.)           Earl  of  Cambridge,  m.  Edmund 

tl410                 (u. VI. 1,2).      1 1424  (H.  VI.  1).  moreZa?icZ  (H.iv.,v.)tl425'^  Z>.o/ybr/fc  (II.  v.)t  1415.         tl415.  Earl  of  Stafford 

1__^ 1  I ^ 1 1  I 

John                                     Edmund  Eichard  Neville                   Eleanor    Anne  =  Humphrey 

Duke  of  Somerset,                             Duke  of  Somerset,  Earlof  Salisbury, ■fliG0{K.\i.2),        m.  Henry  Percy            Duke  of  Buckingham, 

1 1444  (h.  VI.  1)                                1 1455  (h.  VI.  2)  m.  Alice,  d.  of  Thomas  Montague,    E.  of  Northumberland            f  1460  (h.  vi.  2) 

I  the  great  E.  of  Salisbury  (ii.  v.,  vi.  1)^  (son  of  Hotspur),  f  1455 

I ~1 1  ' \ 1  ' 1 

Margaret    Henry    Edmund   Margaret    Eichard    John     Henry   Humphrey 

m.  Edmund  Tudor     D.  of  Somerset,     D.  of  Somerset,      m.  Humphrey        E.  of  Warwick,*  Lord         Earl  of  North-     E.  of  Stafford, 

Earl  of  Richmond  tl464.  f  1471  (u.  VI.  3).    E.  of  Stafford,     "the  Kingmaker,"    Montague,  umberland,  f  14:61         tl455, 

1 1471  (h.  VI.  2,  3)       tl471.  (h.vi.3).    m.  Margaret  Beaufort 


1485.  Henry  VII, 


1509.  Henry  VIII. 


Isabel  Anne 

m.  George,  D.  of  Clarence.       m.  Richard  III. 


Henry 

Duke  of  Buckingham, 
tl483  (r.  III.) 


Edward 

Duke  of  Buckingham, 
tlo21  (n.viii.). 

2  Grandfather,  by  Margaret  Stafford,  of  Ralph,  Earl  of  Westmoreland,  f  1485  (h.  VI.,  3). 
8  Son  of  John  Montague,  Earl  of  Salisbury,  f  1400  (r.  ii.).        ■*  m.  Anne,  d.  of  Richard  Beauchamp,  Earl  of  Warwick  (h.  iv.,  v.,  VI.  1),  tl439. 


22 


TUDOR  PERIOD.      1485-1603. 


1485.  Henry  VII. 


I  l'>09.  I 

Arthur.     Henry  VIII.     Margaret  Mary 

I  m.  James  IV.  m.  Charles  Brandon 

of  Scotland  Duke  of  Suffolk 

{hjK  of  Angus) 


,  By  Katharine  of  Aragon  : 

1553.  Mary  I.         James  V.    Margaret  Frances 

)        Countess  of  Lennox  m.lienry  Grey 

By  Anne  Bullen : 

1558.  Elizabeth.  Jane.    Catherine 

m.  Edw.  Seymour 


By  Jane  Seymour : 
,  1547.  EcWAjaD  VI.    Mary  =  Henry    Charles       Edward 

{Lord  Damley)  Lord  Beauchamp 


1603.  James  I. 


Arabella  Stuart  —William 

Marquis  of  Hertford. 


Froude's  History  of  England  embraces  the  period  from 
1529  to  1588.  Creighton's  Age  of  Elizabeth  is  a  good  short 
history  of  Elizabeth's  reign.  Gairdner  and  Spedding's 
Studies  in  English  History,  and  Ewald's  Stories  from  the 
State  Papers,  belong  principally  to  the  Tudor  and  Stuart 
periods. 

Robertson's  Charles  V.,  Prescott's  Ferdinand  and  Isa- 
bella, Conquest  of  Mexico  and  of  Peru,  and  Philip  II.,  and 
Motley's  Dutch  Republic  and  United  Nethe^-lands  belong 
to  this  period. 

The  history  of  the  Reformation  may  be  best  read  in 
Fisher's  History  of  the  Peformation  and  Seebohm's  History 
of  the  Protestant  Revolution.  For  the  Reformation  in  Eng- 
land, Dixon's  History  of  the  Church  of  England  (very 
impartial)  and  Geikie's  History  of  the  English  Reformation 
(strongly  partisan).    See  also  Baird's  Rise  of  the  Huguenots. 

Macaulay's  Essays  upon  RanJces  History  of  the  Popes, 
Hallam,,  and  Lord  Burleigh ;  Miss  Aiken's  Jlemoirs  of  the 
Court  of  Queen  Elizabeth ;  Lives  of  Raleigh,  by  Edwards, 
Creighton,  and  Towle. 


TUDOR  PERIOD   (HENRY   VII.   AND   HENRY   VIII.).      1485-1547. 


23 


Scott :  Marmion  (Drama,  1513). 

James  :  Darnley  (Field  of  the  Cloth  of  Gold,  1520). 

Shakespeare  :  King  Henry  VIII.  (Drama). 

Milman  :  Anne  Boleyn  (Drama). 

Boker  :  Anne  Boleyn  (Drama). 

Miss  Mtihlbach  (Mrs.  Mundt)  :  Henry  VIII.  and  his  Court. 

Ainsworth  :   Windsor  Castle. 

Ainsworth  :    Tower  Hill  (Catherine  Howard,  1538). 


Scott:  Lady  of  the  LaTce  (Poem). 

Mrs.  Manning  :  Household  of  Sir  Thomas  More ;  Passages 

in  the  Life  of  the  Faire  Gospellef)-,  Mrs.  Anne  Askew. 
Mark  Twain  :    The  Prince  and  the  Pauper. 
Mrs.  Oliphant :  Magdalen  Hepburn. 


Dryden  :    The  Conquest  of  Granada  (Drama). 

Irving  :    Tales  of  the  Alhambra. 

Miss  Aguilar :  The  Vale  of  Cedars ;  The  Edict  (1492,  Spain). 

Miss  Yonge  :   The  Dove  in  the  Eagles  Nest  (Maximilian). 

George  Eliot :  Roniola  (Florence). 

Mrs.  Stowe  :  Agnes  of  Sorrento. 

James:  Leonora  d'Orco  (Italy). 

Shelley  :    The  Cenci  (Drama,  Italy). 

Massinger :    The  Duke  of  Milan  (Drama). 

Schaefer :    The  Artist's  Married  Life  (A.  Diirer). 

Hagen  :  JVorica,  or  Tales  of  Nilrnherg  (id.). 

Byron  :    The  Prisoner  of  Chillon  (Poem). 

Talfourd  :    The  Castilian  (Drama,  1521). 

Mrs.  Charles:    The  Schonherg-Coita  Family   (Luther). 

Miss  Baillie  :  Basil  (Drama,  Mantua). 

Goethe  :   Goetz  von  Berlichingen  (Drama). 

Ainsworth  :    The  Constable  of  Bourbon. 

D'Azeglio  :  Florence  Betrayed  (1527). 

Mrs.  Manning  :  Duchess  of  Trajetto  (Italy). 
Cooper  :    The  Headsman  (Switzerland). 
Schiller :    Die  Verschworung  der  Fieschi  (Drama,  Genoa, 
1547). 


24 


HOUSES  OF  VALOIS  AND   BOURBON. 
1226.  Louis  IX.,  St.  Louis 


Bourbon. 


1270.  Philip  III.,  le  hardi 


1285.  Philip  IV.,  le  hel 


Isabella 


1314.  1316.  1322. 

Louis  X.,  le  hutin.     Philip  V.,  le  long.     Charles  IV.,  le  hel. 


Valois. 

I 

Charles 


1328. 
Philip  VI. 


Kobert 
Count  of  Clermont 

Louis 


Edward  III.     1316.  John  I.     Jane 


Anjou. 


1350.  John  II.,  le  ban 

Burgundy.        I 


Charles,  le  mauvais,       1364.  Charles  V.,^esa^(e    Louis  I. 

King  of  Navarre.       Orleans. I  I 

Louis  II. 


Louis 

I      Angouleme. 


1380.  Charles  VI. 
1422.  Charles  VII.         Charles  John 

1461.  Louis  XL     1498.  Louis  XII.     Charles 


Louis  III. 


Rene 


Philip,  le  hardi 

John,  sans  peur 
Philip,  le  hon 


1483.  Charles  VIIL 


lolanthe     Margaret       Charles 
I  I  m.  Henry  VI        le  temeraire 

1515.  Francis  I.     Rene  II.  Mary- 


James 
John 

Louis 

John 
Francis 
Charles 


Cond«. 


1547.  Henry  II. 


I  Guise. 

Claude 


I  Spain. 

Philip  I. 


Antony  Louis 

I  I 

1589.  Henry  IV.    Henry. 


1559.  Francis  11.  1560.  Charles  IX.  1574.  Henry  III.     Mary  Francis        Charles  V. 

I  I 
Mary          Henry- 
Queen  of  Scots,  le  balafre. 


TUDOR  PERIOD   (EDWARD   VI,   MARY,    ELIZABETH).      1547-1603. 


25 


Scott :  Lay  of  the  Last  Minstrel  (Poem). 

Ainsworth  :   Cardinal  Pole  (1651) ;   Constable  of  the  Tower. 

Mountford  :  Martyria  (Unitarian  martyrs). 

Mrs.  Manning  :   Colloquies  of  Edward  Osborne. 

Kowe  :  Lady  Jane  Grey  (Drama). 

Ainsworth  :    Tower  of  London  (Lady  Jane  Grey). 

Tennyson  :   Queen  Mary  (Drama). 

Aubrey  de  Vere :  Mary  Tudor  (Drama,  Catholic). 


Scott:    The  Monastery ;    The  Abbot. 

Swinburne:  Chastelard;  Bothwell;  Mary  Stuart;  (Dramas). 

Schiller  :  Maria  Stuart  (Drama). 

Scott :  Kenilworth. 

Wordsworth :    The  White  Doe  of  Rylstone. 

Miss  Yonge  :   Unknown  to  History  (Mary  Stuart). 

Kingsley  :  Atnyas  Leigh  (  Westward  ho  I) 

Macaulay  :    The  Armada  (Poem). 


James :   Gowrie. 

Lander :  Elizabeth  and  Burleigh  (conversation). 

Lady  G.  Fullerton  :   Constance  Sherwood  (Catholic). 


Mrs.  Manning :   Good  Old  Times  (Auvergne,  1549). 


Miss  Yonge  :    The  Chdplet  of  Pearls  (France). 
James :    The  Brigand,  or  Corse  de  Leon  (France). 

Mrs.  Charles  :    The  Martyrs  of  Spain  (1561). 

Macaulay :  Moncontour  (Poem). 

Dryden  :    The  Duke  of  Guise  (Drama). 

Goethe :  Egmont  (Drama). 

Schiller  :  Don  Carlos  (Drama). 

James  :    The  Man-at-Arms  (1572,  St.  Bartholomew). 

Goethe  :    Torquato  Tasso  (Drama). 

Mrs.  Charles  :    The  Liberators  of  Holland. 

James  :  LLenry  of  Guise. 

Mrs.  Manning  :    The  Provocations  of  Madame  Palissy. 

Coleridge  :  Remorse  (Drama,  Philip  11. ). 

Mrs.  Ratcliffe  :    The  Mysteries  of  Udolpho. 

James:  Pose  d' Albrct ;   One  in  a  Thousand. 
Macaulay :  Lvry  (Poem). 


26 


HOUSE  OF  STUART.     1603-1714. 


1603.  James  I. 


1025.  Charles  I. 


Elizabeth 

m.  Frederick  V., 

Count  Palatine  {the  Winter  King 

of  Bohemia) 


Prince  Maurice.         Prince  Rupert. 


Sophia 

m.  the  Elector 

of  Hanover 


1714,  George  L 


1649.  Commonwealth. 

1653.  Oliver  Cromwell  (Protector). 

1658.  Richard  Cromwell. 


Ranke's  History  of  England  is  principally  upon  this 
period. 

For  the  period  to  the  accession  of  Charles  II.  the  best 
work  is  the  series  of  histories  by  S.  R.  Gardiner :  1.  From 
the  Accession  of  James  I.  to  the  Disgrace  of  Coke ;  2.  Under 
the  Duke  of  Buckingham  and  Charles  I. ;  3.  Personal 
Government  of  Charles  I.;  4.  Fall  of  the  Monarchy  of 
Charles  I.  His  Puritan  Revolution  (E.  S.)  is  the  best  short 
work.  Cordery  and  Phillpott's  King  and  Commoniocalth 
is  excellent.  Masson's  Life  of  Jlilton  gives  a  detailed  his- 
tory of  the  times.  Guizot's  series  of  works  contain:  1.  Fng- 
lish  Revolution;  2.  Oliver  Cromwell;  3.  Life  of.  Monk. 

Macaulay  has -essays  upon  Bacon,  Milton,  and  Hampden; 
Mozley,  upon  Strafford,  Laud,  and  Cromwell;  Rogers  (in 
Historical  Gleanings,  2d  series),  upon  Laud. 

Biographies.  —  Carlyle  :  Oliver  CromwelVs  Letters  and 
Speeches.  Miss  Cooper:  Life  of  Wentworih  (Strafford). 
Bayne  :  Chief  Actors  in  the  Puritan  Revolution.  Goldwin 
Smith :  Three  English  Statesmen  (Pym  and  Cromwell). 
Forster :  Life  of  Sir  John  Eliot  and  Statesmen  of  the  Com- 
monwealth ;  see  also  his  Grand  Rc7nonstrance  and  Arrest 
of  the  Five  Members. 

Clarendon  (Hyde)  :  History  of  the  Rebellion,  is  by  a 
leading  participator. 


I.     TO   THE   RESTORATION.      1603-1660. 


27 


James :  Arabella  Stuart. 

Ainsworth  :   Gmj  Fawkes ;  The  8ta7'-  Chamber. 

Scott :   The  Fortunes  of  Nigel. 

Ainsworth-:  The  Spanish  Match  (1620). 

Marryat :    The  Children  of  the  New  Forest. 

Mrs.  Manning :  Maiden  and  Married  Life  of  Mary  Powell. 

James  :  Arrah  Neil  (1642)  ;  Lord  Montagues  Page. 

Scott :  Rohcby  (Poem,  1644). 

Mrs.  Rathbone  :  The  Diary  of  Lady  Willoughby. 

Thornbury  :  Lays  of  the  Cavalier's  and  Roundheads. 

Ay  toun  :  Lays  of  the  Scottish  Cavaliers. 

Scott :  Legend  of  Montrose  (1645-46). 

Hogg  :    Tales  of  the  Wars  of  Montrose. 

Miss  Yonge  :  Journal  of  Lady  Beatrix  Orahara. 

Mrs.  Charles  :  The  Draytons  and  Davenants. 

Macdonald  :  St.  George  and  St.  Michael. 

Shorthouse  :  John  Lnglesant. 

Whyte-Melville  :  Uohnby  House. 

James :   Henry  Masterton ;    Life  and  Adventures  of  John 

Marston  Hall;    The  Cavalier  (1651). 
Ainsworth  :  Boscohel  (1651) ;   Ovingdean  Grange. 
Scott :   Woodstoch.      Horace  Smith :  Brambletye  House. 
Miss  Martin  eau  :    The  Dutch  in  the  Medway. 
Miss  Yonge  :    The  Pigeon-Pie. 


T.  A.  Trollope :  Paul  the  Pope  and  Paul  the  Friar  (Paul  V.). 


Otway  :  Venice  Preserved  (1618). 
James :  Jleidelberg  (1620). 

Manzoni :    The  Betrothed  (I promessi  sposi^  Milan,  1628). 
Meinhard  :    The  Amber  Witch. 
Schiller  :   Wallenstein  (Drama,  3  parts). 
Dumas :  The  Three  Musketeers. 

James:  De  I'Orme;  Richelieu. 
Bulwer :  Richelieu  (Drama). 

De  Vigny :   Cinq-Mars. 

Mrs.  Manning :  Ldyl  of  the  Alps. 


28 


HOUSE   OF  STUAKT. 


1625.  Charles  I. 


1660.  Charles  II.       1685.  James  II 


Mary 

m.  William  II., 
Pnnce  of  Orange 


1689. 

Mary  II. 
m.  William  III. 


1702.  I  1689. 

Anne.  James     William  III. 

(the  Pretender) 


Charles  Edward 
(the  Young  Pretender). 


Henry 
(Cardinal  of  York). 


THE   SPANISH    SUCCESSION. 
1598.  Philip  III. 


1621.  Philip  IV. 


Louis  XIII.  =  Anne  Mary- 


Mary  Anne  =  Ferdinand  III. 


1665.  Charles  II.      |  I 

Louis'  XIV.  =  Maria  Theresa  Margaret  Theresa  =  Leopold  I. 


X 


Louis 

I  I 

Louis.    1700.  Philip  V.   Joseph  Ferdinand. 


MaryAntonia    Joseph  I.    Charles  VI. 


Macaulay's  Shtory  of  England  coy ers  the  last  half  of  the 
seventeenth  century.  See  also  his  essays  on  Sir  William 
Temple  and  Sir  James  Mackintosh.  The  sixth  volume  of 
Masson's  Z/i/e  of  Milton  gives  a  good  history  of  the  reign 
of  Charles  II.  Fox's  Life  of  James  II.,  and  Mackintosh's 
History  of  the  Revolution  of  1688,  ai-e  important  works. 


Histories  of  the  Reign  of  Queen  Anne  have  been  written 
by  Lord  Stanhope  and  Mr.  Burton.  Coxe's  3Iemoirs  of  the 
Duke  of  Marlborough  belongs  to  this  reign. 


Good  small  works  are,  —  Hale  :  The  Fall  of  the  Stuarts 
(E.  S.)  ;  Morris  :  The  Age  of  Anne  (E.'S.)  ;  and  Creighton  : 
Life  of  Marlborough. 


Pepys  and  Evelyns  Diaries,  and  the  essayists  of  Anne's 
reign,  also  the  works  of  De  Foe,  give  good  pictures  of  the 
times. 


II.     FROM   THE   RESTORATION.     1660-1714. 


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Mrs.  Charles  :  On  Both  Sides  of  the  Sea. 

Scott :  Peveril  of  the  Peak. 

Ainsworth :   Old  St.  Paul's. 

Mrs.  Manning:   Cherry  and  Violet;  Dehor aKs  Diary. 

Ainsworth :  Talbot  Harland. 

James :   Pussell. 

Scott :   Old  Mortality. 

Blackmore :   Lorna  Doone. 

Ainsworth :   James  II. 

James :    The  Fate. 

Miss  Yonge  :   TJie  Last  of  the  Cavaliers ;  Danvers  Papers. 

Talfourd  :   Glencoe  (Drama). 

James :    The  Kings  Highway. 

Scott :    The  Pirate ;    The  Bride  of  Lammermoor. 

Marryat :  Snarleyoiv. 
Scott :    The  Blael  Dwarf. 
Thackeray  :  Henry  Esmond. 
Bulwer :   Devereux. 

Ainsworth :  St.  James". 
Scribe  :  A  Glass  of  Water. 


Bungener :   The  Preacher  and  the  King. 


Mrs.  Manning:    Jacques  Bonneval;   or,  The  Days  of  the 

Dragonnades. 
James :    The  Huguenot. 


Miss  Martineau  :  Messrs.  Vandeput  and  Snoeh  (1695). 
Miss  Miihlbach  (Mad.  Mundt)  :  Prince  Eugene. 


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HOUSE   OF   HANOVER   TO   1789. 


1714.  George  I. 
1727.  George  II. 


Frederick 
1760.  George  III. 


William 
Duke  of  Cumberland. 


KINGS   OF   FRANCE. 
1610.  Louis  XIII. 


Orleans. 


1643.  Louis  XIV. 
Louis 

Louis 
Duke  of  Burgundy 

1715.  Louis  XV. 
Louis 

1774.  Louis  XVI. 


Philip 

I 
Philip 

{Regent) 

Louis 


Louis  Philippe 

Louis  Philippe 

(Egalite) 

1830.  Louis  Philippe. 


Earl  Stanhope  (Lord  Mahon) :  History  of  England  (1713 
to  1783),  from  a  Tory  point  of  view. 

Lecky  :  History  of  England  in  the  Eighteenth  Century. 

Leslie  Stephen :  History  of  English  Thought  m  the 
Eighteenth  Century. 


Thackeray :  Lectures  on  the  Oeorges. 
Wright :   Caricature  History  of  the  Georges. 


Macaulay's  essays  upon  FredericTc  the  Great,  Lord  Clive, 
and  Lord  Chatham;  essays  upon  Walpole  and  Adam  Smith, 
by  Rogers  {Historical  Gleanings,  1st  series). 


HOUSE  OF   HANOVER  TO   1789. 


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Scott :  Roh  Roy  (1715).      WordsAVorth :  Roh  Roy  (Poem). 
James :  Henry  Smeaton. 
Ainsworth :  Preston  Fight. 

Ainsworth :  South-Sea  Bxihhle. 

Scott :    The  Heart  of  Midlothian. 

Mrs.  Charles :  Diary  of  Mrs.  Kitty  Trevylyan  (Methodist), 

Keade :  Peg  Woffington. 

Thackeray :   The  Virginians. 

Ainsworth :     The  Lord  Mayor  of  London ;    Tlie  3fisers 

Laughter. 
James:    The  Gipsy. 
Scott :   Waverley  (1745). 

Lever  :    Treasure  Trove.       Ainsworth  :   Good  Old  Times. 
Campbell :  Lochiel  (Poem). 
James :   Ticonderoga. 

Mrs.  Manning :    The  Old  Chelsea  Bun-hoicse. 
Lady  G.  Fullerton  :    Too  Strange  not  to  be  True. 
Miss  Edgeworth  :   Castle  Raclcrent. 
Scott :   Guy  Mannering ;  Redgauntlet. 
Lever :   Gerald  Fitzgerald  (1780). 
Dickens  :    Barnaby  Rudge  (1780). 
Miss  Burney  (Mad.  d'Arblay)  :   Evelina. 
Bulwer:  Lucreiia ;    The  Disowned.      Disraeli:   Venetia. 


Ainsworth :  John  Law. 

Browning:  Hing  Victor  and  King  Charles  (1730). 


Helps :  Lvan  de  Biron  (1740). 


Bungener :    The  Priest  and  the  Huguenot 
Miss  Tytler :   The  Huguenot  Family. 

James:    The  Ancient  Regime  (Castleman). 

Miss  Mtihlbach  (Mad.  Mundt) :  Berlin  and  Sans-Souci  ; 
Fredeiick  the  Great ;  The  Merchant  of  Berlin ;  Old  Fritz 
and  the  New  Era;  Joseph  LI.  and  his  Court;  Mohaw.- 
med  All. 

Paalzow  :   The  Citizen  of  Prague. 

George  Sand :   Consuelo. 


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REVOLUTIONARY  PERIOD.     1789-1815. 


1760.  George  III. 


1820.  1830.  I  I 

George  IV.     William  IV.     Edward      Ernest  Augustus 

Duke  of  Kent      King  of  Hanover 


1836.  Victoria.     George  V. 

King  of  Hanover. 


KINGS  OF  FRANCE. 
1715.  Louis  XV. 

Louis 


1774. 
Louis  XVI. 

1793.  Louis  XVII. 


1814. 
Louis  XVIII. 


1824. 
Charles  X. 

Duke  of  Berry 

Henry  V. 
Count  of  Chambord. 


Histories  of  England,  in  tlie  reign  of  George  III.,  by 
Adolplius  (Tory)  and  Massey  (Whig). 

Macaulay"s  essays  upon  Warren  Hastings,  Ifadaine 
d'Arblay,  William  Pitt,  BoswelVs  Johnson,  and  Barh-e; 
essays  by  Rogers  upon  Wilkes  and  Home  Tooke  {Historical 
Gleanings,  2d  series).  Gold  win  Smith:  Three  English 
Statesmen  (Pitt). 

Letters  of  Junim ;   3femoirs  of  Madame  d'Arblay. 
Trevelyan :  Early  History  of  Charles  James  Fox. 

For  the  Revolutionary  period  Ali.son's  History  of  Europe 
presents  the  Tory  view;  Thiers'  French  Eevolution,  and 
Consulate,  and  Empire,  the  French  view.  A  more  impar- 
tial, but  unfavorable  view,  is  presented  by  Von  Sybel: 
History  of  the  French  Eevolution ;  Taine  :  Origins  of  Con- 
temporary France ;  and  Lanfrey  :  History  of  Napoleon  I. 
Of  short  histories  there  are  Morris  :  The  French  Revolution 
(E.  S.),  and  Van  Laun :  French  Revolutionary  Epoch. 
C.  K.  Adams  :  Democracy  and  Monarchy  in  France,  gives 
a  survey  of  the  whole  Revolutionary  period. 


REVOLUTIONARY   PERIOD.      1789-1815. 


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Dickens  :    Tale  of  Two  Cities. 
Mrs.  Gaskell :  Sylvias  Lovers. 


Blaolcmore  :    The  Maid  of  Skei: 
Marryat :    The  King's  Own  (1797). 
Scott :    The  Antiquary ;  St.  Ronan's  Well. 
George  Eliot:  Adam,  Bede. 
Cooper  :   Wing  and  Wing. 

Miss  Thackeray  :  3£iss  Angel  (Angelica  Kaufmann). 
Lever  :   Charles  0' Malleg ;    Tom  Burke  of  Ours. 
Blackmore :  Alice  Lorraine. 
Mrs.  Charles :  Against  the  Strearn  (Wilberlbrce). 


Thackeray :   Vanity  Fair. 
James  :  Aims  and  Obstacles. 
Miss  Yonge :   Kenneth. 


Erckmann-Chatrian :  The  States  General  (1789);  The 
Country  in  Danger  (1792)  ;  Mada^ne  Therhse  (1792). 

Miss  Roberts  :   On  the  Edge  of  the  Storm;   Noblesse  Oblige. 

Miss  Marti  neau  :   Peasant  and  Prince. 

Mrs.  Gore  :    The  Tialeries.      Victor  Hugo  :  Ninety-three. 

Erckmann-Chatrian:  Year  One  of  the  Republic;  Citizen 
Bonaparte. 

Miss  Porter  :    Thaddeus  of  Warsaw  (Kosciusko). 

Miss  Martinean :  The  Hour  and  the  Man  (Toussaint 
rOuverture).       Miss  Tytler  :    Citoyenne  Jacqueline. 

Trollope  :  La  Vendee.      Saintine  (Boniface)  :  Picciola. 

Madame  Cottm  :   Elizabeth,  or  the  Exiles  of  Siberia. 

Miss  Miihlbach  (Mad.  Mundt) :  Marie  Antoinette  and  her 
Son;  The  Empress  Josephine ;  Louisa  of  Prussia  and 
her  Times;  Napoleon  in  Germany ;  Napoleon  aiid  the 
Queen  of  Prussia ;   Queen  Ho r tense ;   Andreas  Hofer. 

Mrs.  Manning  :    The  Year  Nine  (Andreas  Hofer). 

Baroness  Tautphceus  :  At  Odds  (id.). 

Fritz  Renter :  Ln  the  Year  Thirteen. 

Erckiuann-Chatrian :  The  Conscript;  The  Invasion  of 
France ;    The  Siege  of  Phalsburg ;   Waterloo. 

Victor  Hugo  :  Les  Miserables. 

Dumas  :    TJie  Count  of  Monte  Cristo. 


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